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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 3, 1907.

Application filed December 1I` 1903. Serial NO.- 184343' what manner thesame is to be performed to be articularly described and ascertained inand) by the following statement.

This invention relates to a machine which received in variousdepartments of a shop, stores or the like,

and easily controlled.

The machine is capable of performing the following operations: 1stsumming up separately the money received in the various summing up allthese 3rd showing the number of receipts or tickets issued in eachdepartment. 4th givin the total number of tickets issued. 5th s owing bymeans of departments. 2nd

i indicators both to the public and to the cashier each amount at themoment it is received.

6th issuing tickets on each of which is printed the name of thedepartment, the the date anda number. 7th printing a duplicate of "the'amounts received in all the sale departments and arranging these amountsin columns.

The machine illustrated in the drawings is designed for four departmentscalled hereina ter A, B, C, D; and is fitted with four sets of keys forregistering sales u to 99.99 each in units of decimal money. t isevident however that the machine may be readily modified for pounds,shillings and pence or other money if desired.

In the annexed drawings: Figure 1 is an elevation of the cashiers side.of the machine. Fig. 2 is `a longitudinal section. Fi 3 is a transversesection on the line A C Fig. 4. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section. Fig. 5shows the mechanism for locking the keys which are all shown in theirraised osition. Fig. 6 shows part of Fig. 5 to a argei4 scale.- Fi 7shows the mechanism for locking the lgreys when one of them is presseddown. Fig. 8 shows part of Fig 7 to a larger scale. Fig. 9 shows to alarger scale part of the mechanism of the summing apparatus. Figs. 10,11, 12, 13 and 14 show details of this summing apparatus. Fig. 15 shows.the method of operating the total summing apparatus from the partialsumltiming apparatus. Fig. 1 6 shows the lever for setting the machineto record for the different departments, and the gearing connectedtherewith. Figs. 17 and 18 are two views of the mechanism for. coveringthe indicators during their movement. Figs. 19 and 20 are two views ofthe partial numerators, of the general numerator and of the device foractuating them. Figs. 21, 22 and 23 show details of these numerators.Figs. 24 to 27 show the various positions of the cams controlling themovement of the several summing apparatus. Fig. 28 is a side elevationof the Alprinting apparatus. Figs. 29 to 34 sho'w details of thecylinder which prints the date and number upon the tickets. Figs. 35 and36 show the device by means of which this cylinder is put out of action.

Figs. 37 and 38 show the mechanism for cut-4 ting ofi` the tickets andprinting on them the name of the department and the amount of each sale.Figs 39 and 4() show the mechanism for opening the drawer.

The machine side (see Fig. 1) shows on its upperpart, a vertical plate1, an incline 2, a cylindrical part 3, and a drawer 4 at the bottom. Inthe vertical plate 1 there are four openings 5, through which thefigures of the indicators appear, to show the amount of each sale. Inthe incline 2 there are openings ranged in two horizontal lines. Throughthe upper openings 7 appear the figures of each partial summingapparatus and through the lower ones 6 those of the general summingapparatus. In the incline 2 there is also another opening 8 whereappears the name of the department whose total is shown.

Four sets of keys 9, l0, 11, 12 project fromv the cylindrical part 3.Each set consists of nine keys arranged at equal distances in a verticalline and marked with figures 10 to 90 or 1 to 9 on their heads. Set 9represents tens of francs, set 10 units of francs, set 11 tens ofcentimes, and set 12 units of centimes.

A lever 13 on the left hand of the keys pivoted concentrically with thedrum 3, determines the department against which the amount receivedshall be registered according to the position in which it is stopped atthe letter A B C or D respectively. On the right hand are five openingsthrough which the indications of iive numerators appear, the upper one14 shows the total T10 viewed from the cashierstwo revolutions to thehandle 19.

number of sales and the others 15, 16, 17, 18 show the numbers of salesin each department.

From the right of the machine projects a handle 19, for operating themachine after the value to be registered has been determined by the keysand the department by the lever 13.

The other side of the machine seen by thepublic, has four openings onlyin its upper part similar to 5, through which the sum paid by anypurchaser is shown.

Directions for working the machine-In order that the machine may issue aticket and perform the above mentioned operations it will be sufficient,1st to turn the lever 13 and stop it at the name of the properdepartment. 2nd to determine the amount to be registered by pressing thekeys-composing this amount. 3rd to give These operations having beeneffected a ticket printed with a number, the date, the name of thedepartment and the amount received will be issued. At the same time theindicator will show both to the cashier and the purchaser the sameamount, the grand total summing apparatus, and the partial summingapparatus, corresponding to the department in question, will add thisamount to their previous totals, the total numerator and the partialnumerator corresponding to the department will advance one unit, and aduplicate of the ticket issued will be printed upon a paper web insidethe machine. It may be remarked that by moving the lever 13 none of thesumming ap aratus and none of the numerators will be a tered. Vhenhowever this lever is displaced and stopped at a certain department, thepreceding total of the money received by it will appear at the openings6. The indications of the various partial summin apparatus can thereforebe read by disp acing the lever 13 and stopping itsuccessively at thevarious departments.

Description of the nternal llleelzanism of the Machine.

fitted with a head 22 having on it a number (1 to 9 or 10 to 90) whileits inner end is bevl eled and has two notches 23, 24, and two teeth 25and 26. Each key is surrounded by a helical spring 27 which on pressingthe key is compressed and tends to push the key back to its formerposition. Within the machine and in correspondence with each set ofkeys,'there is a sector 28 pivoted on thc shaft 29 and fitted with a rim30 concentric with the cylindrical part 3 of the machine. The rim 30 hasin it holes 31 in each of which the end of a key may enter. Each sector28 is pulled upwards by a spring 32 and in its normal position the holesof the sector are above those of the drum so that the beveled ends ofthe keys bear on the edges of the holes 31 as shown at Figs. 3 and 5. Itis evident that on pressing upon the head of the key it will by itsbevel end force down the rim 30 so that the notch 23 may reach theposition shown in Fig. 8. The rim 30 urged by the spring 32 will thenrise a distance equal to the depth of the notch 23 lock the key andprevent its return.

Preventing the lowering of any key of a set when another lcey of thesame set laas already been locked-From what has been stated above itensues that when a certain key is locked the sector 28 will remainlowered by a distance equal to the diameter of the rod of the keydiminished by the depth of the notches 23 and 24, and thereby all theteeth 26 of the other keys of the set, will rest as shown in Fig. 8against the edges of the respective holes 31 and consequently it isimpossible to lower any other key.

To correct a mistake on locking a key by restoring all the parts to thenormal position.- If a key is wrongly lowered the mistake may becorrected before the machine is operated. For this purpose there is ahorizontal spindle 33 on which arms 34 are keyed en aging holes 35 inthe rims 30. Fast wit the spindle 33is a lever arm 36 projecting fromthe front of the machine. When this arm 36 is pressed down the arms 34will depress the rim 30 and free the teeth 25. Therefore any keys thathave been lowered will be raised by their springsto their normalpositions.

Preventing the lowering of any key during the movement of themachine-For this purpose on the main shaft 37 there is keyed for eachsector 28 a segmental cam 38 with a tooth 39. When the machine isoperated the cam 38 will turn in the direction of the arrow. lf none ofthe keys of the set corresponding to this cam is lowered the cylindricaledge of the cam will come against a rib 40 projecting from the sector 28and press it down during the movement of the machine; it will in otherwords cause the same effect as if a key were locked, that is it willprevent another key of the same set being lowered. If a key of the setwere already lowered the cam would have no effect on the sector, becauseits cylindrical edge will merely touch the rib 40 without forcing itdown.

Preventing the lowering of the lever arm 36 during the movement of themachine-mile three of the sectors 28 are actuated by cams 38 as abovestated, the fourth sector has a grooved cam 41 (Fig. 7) engaging a pin42v upon it. Itis evident that while the shaft 37 and cam 41 turn, andthe pin 42 is in the cir* cular part of the groove, the sector 28 cannotbe displaced and therefore it is impossible to move the lever 36 forreleasin the keys. One arrangement of this kind willzbe sufficient forthe four sets of keys, inas much as all the arms 34 are fixed on thesame shaft 33 and therefore whenever one of them is held fast the shaftand lever 36 are also held.l

Freeing the keys automatically after each revolution of themachina-After each revolution of the machine the tooth 39 of the cam 38will come in contact with the rib 40 and depress the sector 28 exactlythe 'height of the teeth 25 whereby these will be released and the keyswill return to their normal position. In the case of the sector 28controlled by the grooved cam 41 the groove is so shaped that the pin 42is moved away from the center of the cam and thus the sector is loweredas re uired to free the key which has been l locked.

The summirigap ratas. (see Fig. 3).*The handle 19 and sha t 37 revolvein the direction of the arrow, and a cam 43 keyed on the shaft willleave a piece 44 free to turn (under the influence of a spring 45) onthe shaft 29 until its end 46 is stopped by the key lowered `in thecorresponding set. It is evident that the are described by the end 46,and therefore by any point of the ieee 44, is proportional to the valueof the liey which has been depressed. Should no key be lowered the end46. would strike against the top of the key guide corresponding to ntl.The piece 44 has eut upon it ten consecutive arcs struck from the axisofthe shaft 29 at which they subtend equal angles with radii of varyinglengths, the longest corresponding to nil and the shortest to 9, that isto the lowest key of the set. There is .one piece 44 for each set andthe arcs determine the operation of the various summing apparatus.

The partial summing apparatus (see Figs. 3, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13,14).'l`hese apparatus are carried by a carriage 48, movable transverselyas will be seen in Figs. 2 and 16, by means of the lever arm 13 so as tobring that apparatus, which belongs to the department for which atransaction is to be recorded, into the proper position to be actedupon. Each summing apparatus consists of several elements and each ofthese elements generally has two parts. The first part consists of: (a)A seetor 49 having a curved arm 50 and a straight arm 51. The end of thelatter has a hole engaging a pin 52 on a rod 53 which works in a guide54 fixed on the carriage and is pressed downwards by a spring 55. (b) Atoothed wheel 56 driven by the sector 49 and having an arm 57 carrying apawl. The second part consists of a ratchet wheel 58 gearing with thepawl, and a drum 59 on the edge of which are engraved the figures 0 to9. The wheel 56, the ratchet wheel 58 and the drum 59 are all mountedloose on a shaft 62 fixed to the carriage and the sector 49 is mountedon a shaft 64 also supported -by the carriage. 70 When the curved arm 50is in contact with a cam 63 keyed on shaft 37, ther rod 53 will bevertically above the piece 44. On the revolution of shaft 37 and cam 63,the curved arm 50 will be freed by the cam 63, and the rod 53 75 beingpushed downwards by its spring 55, will turn the sector 49 through anarc proporf tional to its travel, its lower end descending until itmeets one of the steps of the piece 44 and is stopped. From what isabove stated it follows that the displacement of the sector 49 and wheel56 will be proportional to the value of the key pressed down.

In order to register the values determined by the keys, four equidistantelements are 85. required for each department, their distance apartbeing equal to that between twol consecutive sets of keys. When on anydrum 59 the sum of the value added and that previously registeredexceeds ten, it is nec-essary that the drum of the next higher class ofunits be turned automatically. For this purpose each drum has fixed toit two wheels, namely a star wheel 60 and an ordinary toothed wheel 61,except in the case of the centime units drum to which only an ordinarytoothed wheel is fixed. Each wheel 61 gears with a similar Wheel 65,fixed to a sleeve 66,- having on its other end a tooth 67 (Fig. l0).'lhe sleeves are. loose 100 on spindles 68. VvY hen the centime unitsdrum 59 has accomplished a revolution., the tooth 67 will displace thestar wheel 60 fixed to the tens centimeI drum one tooth, and as. thewheel 6() has ten teeth it will be displaced 105 by 1/10th ol arevolution, that is the tens centime drum will be displaced by a unity.Similarly, each revolution of any other drum turns the fourth drum onits left through one graduation. Further, in order to Secure the regularworking of the above mentioned'. arrangement for the transfer of theunits of the next higher class from one drum to the successive one, itis necessary that the displacement oi a drum by the correspondingsector, does not begin, until the drum of the units of immediately lowerorder, has been fully displaced and come to rest, For this purpose thecams 63 are keyed on the shaft 37 in the position shown by Figs. 24, 25,26, 120 27, and owing to this arrangement the curved arms 50 are loweredat difl'erent and successive times. ln order that the indications of thesumming apparatus may reach thoussands of francs, two other drums havingon their edges the figures 0 up to 9 may be added on the same shaft 62.The first of these two additional drums (the hundreds drum) is fittedwith a star wheel 60 and a toothed wheel 61 but the second drum is 130keys.

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only fitted with a star wheel 60.- These drums are turned in a similarmanner to that above described.

To reduce as far as possible the travel of the carriage the elements ofa summing ap- Iparatus are of Asuch dimensions that the total s aceoccupied by four of them is equal to t e distance between twoconsecutive sets of keys and they are mounted on the shafts 62 and 64 asfollows. First the four elements for the units of centimes of the foursumming apparatus, next the four elements for the tens of centimes, thenthe four for the units of francs, and so on. This arrangement requiresfour spindles 63, but it reduces the Vtotal travel of the carriage tothe distance between two consecutive sets of dien the centimes units rod53 of any summing apparatus is vertically above the piece 44correspondingr to the centime units keys 12 the other three rods will beover the other three pieces 44, of the tens of centimes, units offrancs, and tens of /Vhen the carriage is displaced a distance equal tothat between two rods 53, the next summing apparatus will be ready toact. In order to carry the arms 50 over from cam to cani, as thecarriage nieves, brackets 69 and shields 70 are fastened on the guidesof the carriage to fill up the vacant spaces.

' The total sum/ming apparatus (see Figs. 3 and 15).-The elements ofthis apparatus are similar to those of the p: rtial summing apparatus,but instead of the sector 49 there is a sector 71 loose on a shaft 72,supported by the casing of the machine, this sector 71 is pulled by aspring 73. The sectors 71 are equally spaced with the pieces 44 and eachrests by means of a projection 74 on the head 75 of one of the rods 53these heads are so formed that in their position of rest they formacontinuous track so that when the carriage is moved the track will slideunder the projections 74 supporting them without causing any alterationof the total summing apparatus. With this arrangement whenever a sum isadded to one of the partial summing apparatus it is added to the totalsumming apparatus. The elements of the total summing apparatus ai'emounted on a shaft 76 and one spindle 77 is sufficient, which acts inthe saine manner as the spindles 68.

Restoring the partial and total summing apparatus to nil (see Figs. 9 to15).Along t e shafts 62 and 76 there is a groove 7 S and each drum 59 isfitted with aretaining pawl 79, so placed as to permit these disks torevolve in the proper direction round the shafts whereon they are loose.The ends of these shafts 62 and 76 are square shaped and may be turnedby means of a handle from the side of the machine on which is the handle19. If

disks 59 ordinarily revolve, the pawls 79 will successively be engagedby the groove 7S and be compelled to turn and so the disks 59 will turn.Thus with one revolution of the shafts 62 and 76 all the pawls 79 willcause the disks 59 to take up such a position that all the figures ofone value will be in a straight line.

T i-e Zererfor determining the department of sale (see Figs. 1, 2 and16).#Displacement of the carriaga'lhe lever 13 pivoted on the shaft 29is fitted with a bevel toothed sector 80 gearing with another toothedsector 81 fast with a lever 82 pivoted on a fixed axle 83. The upper endof this lever is slotted to receive a pin S4 on a lever S5 pivoted at 86and having its upper end also slotted to receive a pin S7 on thecarriage 48 of the partial summing apparatus. Tlie lower part of thelever 82 is bent and carries a pin 88 engaging a'fork connected with acarriage 89 bearing the paper roll for the duplicates described below.The arrangement of the levers 82 and S5 is such, that onstopping thelever 13 at one of the notches corresponding to the departments A, B, C,D, the partial summing apparatus of this department will be in aposition to be acted on by the pieces 44. A label 90, see Fig. 3, havingthe letters A, B, C, D and fixed on the side frame of the carriage 48,will show for eachposition of lever 13 the corresponding indication ofthe determined department, and this indication will appear through theopening 8.

From the above it follows that the machine sliould not be operated whenthe lever 13 has not been stopped at one of the departnient notches.Inorder to prevent the operation of the machine except when the lever 13is in proper position, this lever is provided with four teeth 91.Another lever 92 pivoted on a fixed pin 93 has on it a tooth 94 engagingthe teeth 91, and a second tooth 95 engaging the teeth of ratchet wheel96 keyed on the shaft 37. The four teeth 91 are cut in such a mannerthat whenever the lever 13 is in correct position one of them will raisethe tooth 94 and disengage the tooth 95 from the teeth of the wheel 96,but if the lever 13 is stopped at any intermediate position the spring97 p urging the lever 92 against the wheel 96, will compel the tooth 95,to engage in the teeth of said ratchet-wheel 96, and thereby prevent theshaft 37 from turning. In order to prevent movements of the lever 13during the revolution of handle 19, the lever has on its lower part fournotches 98, and a bell crank lever 99 pivoted at 100 has on one arm atooth 101 engaging the notches 9S, while its other arm ends in a hook102 bearing against the rim of a wheel 103 keyed on the'shaft 37 andhaving a slot 104 in it. A spring 105 keeps the hook 102 in contact withthe summing apparatus at rest these with tlV edge of the wheel 103 sothat when shafts be turned in the direction in which the the shaft 37and cani 103 are turning the I with projections 123 on the cams 63.

hook 102 will be against the edge of the l by anothe a. -1- .J5 similarto 133. Nor-- Wheel and the tooth 1'01 will enga e one of the notches 98and therefore the ever 13 cannot move, and it will be let free only whenthe hook 102 enters the slot 104 compelling the other arm of the bellcrank lever to withdraw the tooth 101 Afrom the notch 98.

The indicators (see Figs. 2, 3, 17).-The indicators consist of eighthollow drums mounted loose on a fixed shaft 106. Four of these drums107, 108, 109, v110 are designed to show to the public the amountreceived, and the other four 111, 112, 113, 114 to show the same amountto the cashier. Each drum has on its edge arim fitted with teeth 115. Tothe drums 107, 108, 111, 112 are fixed pinions 116 and in each drum is aspiral spring llahaving one end fixed to its periphery and the other endto the shaft 106, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3. Four racks 117pivoted at 118 on the pieces 44 engage the pinions 116, being kept up totheir work by lade springs- 119. Each rack 117 is in contact with ahorizontal rod 120 sliding in fixed guides 121 and fitted with springs122 while their other ends come in contact When thev shaft 37 begins toturn and before the ieees 44 move, the rods 120 will be ushed ack` bythe projections 123, where y the racks 117 will-disengage pinions 116,and the drums 107, 108', 112, 111 by reason of their springs will comeback to the zero position ainst a fixed stop, and in this position theyWlll show 0 through the openings 5. The projections 123 remain incontact with the rods 120 after the contact between the pieces 44 andthe cams 43 ceases. The pieces 44 when released by the cams, turn underthe action of the springs 45 and the racks 117 will move down. When theracks 117 have completed their displacement and come to rest in theirlowest position, the contact of the projections 123 with the rods 120ends, and the springs 119 will put the racks into gear with the pinions116 and, as the pieces 44 return to their normal position, the rackswillrise and rotate the drums to show the amount registered, which willremain visible until the next operation. 1n order to move the otherdrums 109, 110, 113, 114 there are four pairs of pinions gearing thedrum 107 With 113, 108 with 109, 112 with 113, and 111 with 114. Thesepairs of pinions are mounted on turning sleeves loose round twocountershafts 124 and 125.

Ooncealing the imlicators--A lug 126 on the piece 44 is in contact withthe horizontall bent end 127 of a vertical rod 128 fitted with7 a spring129 and sliding in fixed guides. The upper end of the rod 128 is forkedand connected with a lever 130 against which a spring 131 presses an arm132 fast with an arm 133 )ivoted'on shaft 106 and carrying two shields134 connected at their other ends E mally the lug 126 is up and theopenings 5 remain uncovered, but when the machine isl being operated thelug 126 falls and the shields 134 will cover the indicators during theirmovement.

Numemtors (see Figs. 4, 19 to 23).-The five numerators are placed in thecylindrical part 3: The up er one is the general numerator and theotiier four are respectively assigned 'to the departments A, B, C, D.Each showing the figures 0 to 9, and connected with a ratchet wheel 137having ten teeth and a notch 138. The general numerator may indicate thethousands and consists of four elements. The partial numerators indicatethe hundreds and each consists of three elements. The elements of eachnumerator are loose on a shaft on which a lever 139 is mounted. Thislever 139 is fitted with a set of pawls 140 of decreasing length, onefor each ratchet 'wheel 137. When the lever 139 moves, the longest pawlgearing with the ratchet wheel annexed to the unlt disk will displace itone tooth. When this unit disk has been displaced by ten teeth, its pawlwill fall into the notch 138 and thereby all the pawls will ,be loweredand thus the second pawl will be put into action and will turn the tenswheel 137 one tooth. Owing to this displacement of the tens wheel thepawls 140 will be restored to their normal position. When the tens wheelis displaced by ten teeth, the two longest pawls will enter thesenotches and so the hundreds wheel will be turned and so on. The fourlevers 139 of the partial numerators are in different vertical planes,and the lever of the total numerator ends with a horizontal arm 141Yhaving such a length as to cover the four. The shaft 37 on the righthand of the machine is square, and a cam 142 engaged by a fork 143 fixedto the carriage 48 is threaded on it. It is evident that when thecarriage moves, the cam 142 will take various positions on the shaft 37,and when the shaft 37 revolves the tooth 144 of the cam will encounteronly one of the levers 139 of the partial numerators, but it will alwaysencounter the arm 141 of the general numerator. working in the teeth ofthe wheel 137, prevent backward movement, and each lever 139 is restoredto its normal position by means of a spiral spring. To restore thenumerators to zero, -t ie same contrivanee as for the summing apparatusis adopted, that is to say, each shaft has a groove and each disk 136 isfitted with a pawl. 1n order to enable the five numerators to be put tozero simultaneously, each shaft has a toothed wheel 146 on its end,gearing with other wheels 147 mounted between them. Owing to thisgearing, it will be sufficient to move one numerator and the five willreturn to zero. For this Spring detents 145 element of a numeratorconsists of a disk 136 purpose the end of the central numerator shaft issquare shaped, and may be actuated from the side of the machine.

The printing apparatus (see Figs. 2, 15 and 28).-Each of the pieces 44is fitted with a Sleeve 148 surrounding the shaft 29, and on the end ofeach sleeve 1s an arm 149 carrying two sectors 150, 151 bearing thefigures 0 up to 9 in relief. The lever 13 is mounted on a sleeve havinan arm with a sector 152 provided with t e letters A, B, C, D in such away that when the lever 13 is moved and the ends 46 of the pieces 44have reached the locked keys, the letter denoting the department and theamount determined by the keys will be arranged in a straight line M N onthe upper sector, and the same amount will be ranged along the line P Qon the lower sector (Fig. 28). The paper from a roll 153 passes betweencylinders 154, 155 which print on it the consecutive number and thedate, and moves down an incline 156, and while a platen 157 presses itagainst the upper sector 150 to print the amount and the letter denotingthe de artment, a knife 158 cuts ofi the ticket andets it fall on theplate 20.

Mechanism for printing the consecutive number and the date, (see Figs.28 to 38).- The upper cylinder 155 resses the aper against the printingcylin er 154, whic 1 has on it two ribs 159 the developed length ofwhich is that of a ticket. As the ribs 159 touch the upper cylinder 155,they will draw off the length of a ticket and afterwards as thecylinders continue to turn the ribbon will remain slack. The cylinder154 has also a pin 160 in contact with cylinder 155 when the machine isat rest to hold the web. This cylinder 154 is hollow and has in it sevensmall disks 161, 162, 163 projecting through an openin in the curvedsurface. Four of these dlsks will print the number of the ticket up to9999. A larger disk 162 prints the month and the other two 163 print theday from 1 to 31. The disks 163 are displaced by hand every morning bymeans of two buttons 164, and the disk 162 is displaced every month bymeans of another button 165. The two buttons 164 are on two sleeves andthe button 165 is on a shaft whereon the sleeves are mounted. The shaftand sleeves carry toothed wheels 166 gearing with similar toothed wheels167 fixed to the disks 162 and 163. The small disks 161 are movedautomatically by means of the gearing hereinafter described (see Figs.35 and 36). On the cover of the roller 154 is a slot 168 acting as aguide for a pin 169, the end of which runs in a ring 170 (Fig. 35)connected by another pin 171 with the casing of the machine; the ring170 may describe a certain arc round the pin 171. The other end of thepin 169 is fixed to an arm 172 connected with a lever 173 movable on theshaft 174 of the disks 161, and having on it a set of four pawls 175,

similar to those already mentioned for actuating the numerators andengaging the teeth of four ratchet wheels 1'76, cach of which is fastwith one of the printing disks 161. Each ratchet wheel has ten teeth anda larger notch 177 wherein one of the pawls 175 may enter. On the otherside there are four retaining pawls 178. Since the groove of the ring170 1s eccentric to the shaft of the cylinder 154, as this latterrevolves the pin 169 will be displaced in its slot 168 and operate thearm 172 and lever 173, thus the wheels 176 will be turned. The disks 161may be restored to i zero similarly to the summing apparatus and thenumerators. The roller 154 is inked by a small cylinder in contact withit.

To put the printing mechanism out of action, 1n order to operate themachine, without making tickets, the cylinder 155 is loose on its shaft179, which is eccentrically supported by bearings in the casing of theInachine. On one of the eccentric ends of the shaft 179 there is abutton 180, by which the cylinder 155 owing to the eccentricity of itsbearings may be moved away from the cylinder 154. Furthermore theautomatic movement of the four disks 161 must be stopped, because themovement of the cylinder 155, while makin it impossible for the machineto print, wili not prevent the movement of the disks 161, for should thehandle 19 be turned the cylinder 154 on revolving would turn theprinting disks 161. To avoid this, the movement oia the cylinder 155away from 154 displaces the ring 170 and so makes the circular grooveconcentric with the axle of the cylinder 154. rIherefore althou h thepin 169 slides during the revolution of t e cylinder 154 in the circulargroove of the rin 170, it does not travel in the slot 168, and thusremaining at an invariable distance from the axle of the cylinder 154 itwill not operate the levers 172 and 173. To give th necessary movementto the ring 170, there is a lever 181 pivoted at 182, whose lower end isforked to engage a pin 183 on the periphery of the ring 170. When thebutton 180 is mow` ed, an arm 184 on the axle 179 turns the lever 181round its ivot 182, which causes the ring 170 to revo ve around the pin171. To give movement to the roller 154, there is a wheel 185 keyed onits axle and gearing with a similar toothed wheel 186 keyed on the shaft37 (see Fig. 4.) The paper after having left the cylinders 154 and 155reaches the printing sector 150 when the mechanism comes into action tocut the ticket to a given size and press the paper against the sector150. This mechanism conslsts of a disk 187, keyed on the shaft 37, onthe back of which is cut a groove 188 wherein a pin 189 fixed to a block19() may run. rlhis block slides in two ixed guides and carries an indiarubber platen 157 for forcing the paper aga-inst the sectors 150. Aknife 158 is fixed to the block

